The Abstract Expressionists And Les Automatistes: A Shared Multi-fractal Depth?

摘要

Statistical analysis of paintings is becoming an increasingly important tool for understanding the creative process of visual artists. We present a muttifractal analysis of 'poured' paintings from the Expressionism and Les Automatistes movements. The box-counting dimension (D_0) is measured for the analyzed paintings, as is the associated multifractal depth △D=D_0-D_∞, where D_∞ is the asymptotic dimension. We investigate the role of depth by plotting a 'phase space' diagram that examines the relationship between D_0 and D_∞. We show that, although the D_0 and D_∞ values vary between individual paintings, the collection of paintings exhibit a similar depth, suggesting a shared visual characteristic for this genre. We discuss the visual implications of this result.